Improvement in powder-flasks



G. W. WHIPPLE.

Powder-Flask and Charger.

Patented May 1, 1860- MPETERS, PHOTO-LITHOGRAPHER, WASHINGYON. a C

PATE T ()FFICE.

(illU; \V. \VHHPLE, OF \VEST ACTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO H.

ROW'ELL & (70.,

OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN POWDQER-FLASKS.

Specification forming part of Letters It: all 71?]! mm 1'! may concern.-

lie it known that l, (ll-2o. \V. \YJIIJPLl-I, of West Acton, in the county of Middlesex and ht ate of Massachusetts. have invented an Improved Gate or Cut-()t't' for the Chargers ot' lowder-Flasks, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact; description, ret'crenee being had to the accompanying drawings,

making part oi this specification, in which consists in a circular gate revolving within the charger itself, around a pivot central with the axis of the charger, and in a spiral spring coiled round the post. on which the gate re "volves, t'or the purpose of closing the gate when released from the hand of the person using it.

That others skilled in the art; may understand and use my invention, I will proceed to describe the manner in which I have carried out the same.

In thesaid drawings, A is the flask; B, the charger, the top of which unscrewsmt; a, (to have access to the parts within.) A slot, b, is out through the side of the charger B. The bottom of the charger B (shown in pla'n, Fig. 5) is a disk, (I, having portions cent away to form openings. A stout: pin, a, Fig. 2, is socnredto the center of the disk 11, and rises l from it into the middle-of the charger. A valve 'or gate, f, (detached in Fig. 4,) is made Patent No. 28,131. dated )lay l. lerltl.

of a suitable diameter to tit snugly, and re volves within the charger l3. lthasa hole, i in its center to tit over the pin e, and has por tions cut away at 1 Corresponding with tlu opening 0, its rim l is turned up, as shown it Fig. 4, of a sufticient width to cover the sloti in the charger li. The gate rests innnedi ately onthe bottom (Z of the charger. A \\ll( spring, in, is coiled round the pin e, above t'lu gatcf. One end of the wire is secured to th( pine, nearitstop. 'theothervwl f\ 'i-llcl l:ti0lall through a hole in the rim of the gate (shown at s, Fig. 4) and through the slot 1) ii the side of the charger, and has a button, 2', secured on its end. The spring mserves it keep the gatefelosed-that is, with the solit'. portions n of the gate over the openings 0 ii the disk below it. and also,to press the twtv disks and (I together.

\Vhen the flask is turned upside down totill the charger, and the cutott' is lobe operated. the button r is pressed toward the oppositt i end of the slot 1); This revolves the gate J against the resistance of the spring in, and bringsthe openingsg in the gate. overtlie open ings c in the disk below it, allowing the powder to tlow into the charger. When the but ton r is released from the hand of the oper ator, the spring at immediately closes the cut oil by revolving the gate f a portion of at-urn that I claim as my invention, and desin to secure by Letters Patent, is

The above-described out-oil for powder flasks. consisting, essentially, of the gate f disk (I, and spring m, operating substantially as specified.

GEO. W. WHIPPLE.

\Vi tnesses:

BRADLEY Sroxn, ANDREW Harooon. 

